syringe

n. [ F. seringue (cf. Pr. siringua, Sp. jeringa, It. sciringa, scilinga), fg. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a pipe or tube; cf. Skr. svar to sound, and E. swarum. Cf. Syringa. ] A kind of small hand-pump for throwing a stream of liquid, or for purposes of aspiration. It consists of a small cylindrical barrel and piston, or a bulb of soft elastic material, with or without valves, and with a nozzle which is sometimes at the end of a flexible tube; -- used for injecting animal bodies, cleansing wounds, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Garden syringe. See Garden. [ 1913 Webster ]